a quiet note from the engineer you’ll actually talk to —
You’re probably leaving money on the table.
CRA accepts about nine in ten SR&ED claims as filed. The real risk isn’t filing — it’s not filing, or filing without a technical expert who can spell out what you’re actually overcoming day to day. A claim that shows the reviewer you understand the process is a claim that draws fewer questions. We help Canadian businesses recover the tax credits they’ve already earned.
Amin Jivraj
Principal
Applications engineer
Food processor · Western CanadaTold it wasn’t worth the effort
Home builder · was filing with a Big 4Already claiming — and still under-claiming
IT / data firm · waved off by a Big 4 and CRATold there was nothing there
Anonymized client patterns — money a previous preparer missed, or never looked for
All results →We turn the technical work you’re already doing into a stronger SR&ED claim than your accountant or a software platform can write.
Three ways in
01
“I think SR&ED doesn’t apply to me.”
You don’t need a lab, a white coat, or hardcore research — just work where the outcome was uncertain. Food processing, construction, manufacturing: if you tried something new and weren’t sure it would work, it probably qualifies.
See your industry →02
“I already claim — but maybe under-claim.”
Send us your last claim. We’ll read it. After reviewing the facts, we’ll flag whether money was left on the table. No fee, no obligation.
Get a free past-claim review →03
“I’ve never claimed and don’t know where to start.”
Twenty minutes with Amin. You’ll get a straight yes-or-no on whether SR&ED applies, and a sense of what’s recoverable. No prep, no obligation.
Meet Amin →Who you’ll actually talk to
Every discovery call is with Amin Jivraj — an applications engineer turned consultant with an executive MBA (Queen’s–Cornell), a 140-store retail chain built and sold, 20-plus years in technical and tax-recovery work, and hundreds of claims behind him. He’ll understand what you actually built — and Longhand writes the technical narrative by hand, so it holds up on review.
Why a person beats a platform
The software-platform way
Scrape your Jira. Auto-generate the claim. File it.
Fast and cheap — but CRA already triages every claim with an automated risk assessment before a human opens it, and a claim built from an incomplete export invites a closer look.
The Longhand way
Interview your engineers. Write the narrative by hand.
Slower — but built to be defensible if anyone asks. Across the program, CRA accepts about 96% of SR&ED claims (90% as filed); a clear, honest narrative is how you stay in that majority. The narrative is the product.
Acceptance figures: CRA SR&ED annual program statistics, 2024–25. These are program-wide rates, not a guarantee for any one claim.
Not ready to talk?
Start with the past-claim review. It’s free.
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